Michael R. Young is a litigation partner of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he heads the firm’s Accounting Irregularities Practice Group.
For more than a decade, Mr. Young has served as counsel to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and he has accordingly assisted in such matters as the formulation of the federal securities tort reform legislation of the mid-1990s, the drafting of generally accepted auditing standards, the enactment of the Uniform Accountancy Act, and the submission to the United States Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal of amicus curiae briefs on matters of importance to financial reporting.
Mr. Young also actively investigates and defends companies, officers and directors, accounting firms, and others in matters involving financial reporting and liability, and he has been involved in some of the most significant accounting irregularities matters of the past 20 years.
He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Law and Accounting and writes and lectures frequently on financial reporting and liability issues.